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Show LETTER FROJl MANILA. From Oho of Our Volunteers to a Friend m Provo. Tho -following letter inni Harvey Dusenberry, onu of our volunteers, to Mill, Juno Is piilil shuil as wo helluva It will bu of Interest to our readers: CartlclDo Mrstnc, Manila, P I., I October 20, 180.4. ( Dear Friend Mill: I lad almost given up In dltp.ilr from ver hearing from y, u. After writing you many tiini'S and it being months Unco I left 'Frisco or hear u r from i U a id mi many I'nrd HI la and dreary Iwuts have passed when a loth r from a dear chum would have made things much brighter 'ami helped lo have madelhu dreary 'hours In tain m il mud whllu lighting much blighter. Dutua It was wo went In to win, and wo did In good American stylo. Our hard limes did not seem to bo fo hard at tlto time wo wero located in the trenches and Camp Dewey, laying behind I lie breastworks and sucks of sand, gelling ten or twelve hardtack and a can of pickled uinrc for 24 hour' rations. While tho rain poured down In torrents tor-rents and Ihu crack ol tho Spanish niauser sang over the trenches, and every few minutes an 8-inch hell would bur-l In the air wounding or killing someone. But hi that time wu woti'd havo stool anything, for wo were fighting for tho honor of our country, and Undo Sam's boys don't ' know what it is to glvn in or get llrodl out; for It was victory or (loath with us, and wo ciiino nut victorious. For weeks wo lay In tho trenches 24 hours at a relief in wei clothes in tho in ml and rain. And when our relief would come we would wade back to camp through the, mud, and glad when wu would reaeli there and cot our wet clothes on", wrap up in a b uukct and try and get rested up for tho in xt morning so wu rould again go to tho front. Bui -then when wu would get up In iho morning our clothes would be much welter, for It was almost a eoatlUu'il rain for thrcu weeks, and all our clothes wero packed In boxes on Uio ships lint our blue shins and lirotvn canvas uniforms. So you see. Milt, It was put on wet clothes or go without any, and when the sun came out It was so hot without your clothes on yon would suffer. But we went through it nil pulling our gucs, heavy an they were, through mud for miles by hnnd, anil never kicking and flU'ns ready , to do more But wo came out victorious as yon know, and suppose havo rend a much better account of It than I can wrlie. Bui, Milt, If you will see the letter of Then. Center's In tho Trlbuiiu of Sept. 0, or Iho San Francisco Weekly Chron-lolo Chron-lolo of Sept. 8, you will see a pretty coricct account of our first hard light. But, Milt, It Is all past and tho iiard fights aro over with; and tho American Ameri-can boys did eoinii good lighting Then to think of tho cruel treatment they havo received since Is a disgrace to our country. Think of thousands of the boys that died from starvation, when they might a wl'H havo been at home with I fit? I r parunts anil friends, Instead of being burled In a lnreign country as they weru In Cuba, not saying say-ing any tiling pf thu hard ti.mes wu had hero. God knows, they wero pretty totlgh. Put now Milt., all thu hospitals hi) re aro tilled up, and Iho grounds all 'around the buildings aro covered with teals. Somo of the hospitals havo as many as 1300 patients, and 8 or 10 dying dy-ing each dav; and for every one t lint dies or Is cured there aie 2 or 3 walling for his cot, suffering wl'h fuver and .djaejiierj; and spiull pox broke out in In gome of thu regiments u few weeks ago and several aro dying every day, and It seems lo increase as fast as they dlu off. I think the United States government gov-ernment could Jliul somo way .o get the sickest out of this climate. All tho soldier.-, aio roxIous that iho time Is very short when they can got out of this country. But from what tho paporssayl suppose tho jnldlrs In tho Philippines aro doomed to stay for an Indeilnatu time, to their sorrow. But If they would only got somo of tho poor slcji fellows away from hero and try to save their lives, the rest of us , that could stand It would bo willing to stay our time. I suffered 2 or 8 wooks with favor and dysonlary; and MHt., you toon dwlndlo down to a shadow, but I managed to pull through and am getting lo bo myself my-self again. Wo aro only allowed to bo outside from 0 I ill 11 and from 3 till 5 and from 7 llll 0 on acc-iuiii of thosiot weathei. But wo iiavu nearly all seen nil the town and surroundings and It Is very tiresome doing and seeing tho "iiuw old thing over nnd over; such as going up through the cliy. going Into some of tho big cafes and hear Iho big natlvo orchestra, which is very Hue and they are very pood musicians. "Tho city is a vety large ji ac untl I s population Is 41(1,000. mid much lo see. Wo clmsc around milling iho oihcrregluienls and lalk of old nights while In Hie trenches. On titiu days wo go down on tho I'asig liver, get into mhiih of Mm launches nnd go down Iho river and out Into iho bay mid visit th,. ),,r2 war vessels mid crul-ers of the Atn.'i loan. EngiNh and Gei man. and other nations which,liavo war chips In the bay, and it Is a 'great sight. Sonuuif iho big vessels carry from 1000 to 180:1 men, and each a young city. Hut still, in this climate oone of us havo any llfo or nniiil-lion, nniiil-lion, and ltei iim that wo Imvu sickness sick-ness of Komi; kind all th time, suit keeps us watching ourselves most or the tlmo. I n. list closo now, Milt, as li Is dross parade md I tnnsi get dre-sctl for the orcislnn. I hope you Bre In the best of henllh and everything Is coming your way, and 1 ant vmi in writn often and I will do thu miuio. Give my regards re-gards and lovo to nil your folks, and best regards lo all the boys. Hoping to heal from yon soon, and that things coiiiu yiur way, with best wiahes ami rcgjrds, l remain your irlcnd ns ever. Dushy. Slnci writing yesterday alteruoon the Insurgenls havo broken out. aaln I this morning and want a light. Wo aro all prepared now and ready to lake i our guns out lo the outpost. Hut tlmo 'Filipinos are not very swift, serap- pers. nnd a llttln scaru will u)'n quiet them. But If we go nutugaiul will tiy and pop onu for you. I So long, Dusey. |